Episode

MacGyver: GX-1

Name: MacGyver: GX-1
Released: 1987-11-02
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Elyssa Davalos, Robin Mossley

MacGyverSeason 31987-11-02

Overview

Mac and Nikki race to recover equipment from a downed experimental plane before the Soviets, who are using a psychic to guide them to the wreckage.

Details

Series: MacGyver
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 6
Air date: 1987-11-02
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

GX-1 is Episode 6 in Season 3 of MacGyver. It aired on 1987-11-02. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 5: Fire and Ice 1987-10-26 | 45 min A jewel thief with diplomatic immunity kills Mac's friend. But there are more people involved in the crime - and Mac can't be sure who's on his side.

Episode 7: Jack in the Box 1987-11-09 | 45 min MacGyver and Jack Dalton are arrested in Arkansas by a corrupt sheriff who arrests people to make them work in a labor camp used for mining gold. MacGyver wants to escape, but Jack has other ideas: He wants to find five million dollars his uncle Charlie left in the mines years before.

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Episode 4: Ghost Ship 1987-10-19 | 45 min While mapping the wilderness for the Phoenix foundation, MacGyver stumbles on a deserted ship and finds a runaway girl who tells him that the rest of crew was driven away by Bigfoot.

Episode 8: The Widowmaker 1987-11-16 | 45 min MacGyver is forced out of his grief over the tragic death of a friend by a madman with a score to settle from their past association.

Episode 3: Back From the Dead 1987-10-05 | 45 min Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his Mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team.

Episode 9: Hell Week 1987-11-23 | 45 min A desperate physics student goes off the deep end and boobytraps a college lab when he fails to win a science competition and to live up to his father's high expectations.

Episode 2: Lost Love (2) 1987-09-28 | 45 min The KBG have Lisa in their grasp, and MacGyver must get The Ming Dragon for them to free Lisa. MacGyver enlists the help of his old buddy, Jack Dalton, to help him steal it.

Episode 10: Blow Out 1987-12-21 | 45 min MacGyver teams up with colleague Nikki Carpenter to find out who is behind the attempts on her life. When they find out that the man who tried to kill her is connected to two terrorists who blew up a local post office, MacGyver and Nikki must find out what the terrorist's next target is before it's too late.

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Episode 11: Kill Zone 1988-01-04 | 45 min An impulsive scientist who cuts corners in her research work creates an uncontrollably mutating organism that speeds up the aging process.

Episode 12: Early Retirement 1988-01-18 | 45 min While testing a new nuclear bomb defusing team at the Phoenix Foundation, a deadly explosion kills three men. Pete blames himself for not inspecting their equipment better and resigns from his job out of guilt. However, Pete is replaced by a not-so-trustworthy man—one who may have been connected to the explosion.

Episode 13: Thin Ice 1988-02-01 | 45 min While back in Minnesota to fill in as coach for a high-school hockey team, MacGyver tries to change the attitude of a callous player who has a shot at playing for the pros. But when this kid's ambition lands another player in the hospital, MacGyver must try and find out what or who is pushing him so hard to succeed.